Volunteer Overseas in Turkey

The land of Turkey has been the birthplace of many great civilizations and is located at a point where three continents - Asia, Africa and Europe - are closest to each other. In Turkey you can see landscapes of incredible natural beauty, sites of great antiquity, and villages with examples of architecture from Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman times. You will also find people in varying economic conditions, with many in need of basics - from adequate nutrition, to education and social services. Volunteers contribute to worthwhile causes while meeting new people, learning valuable work and life skills and becoming part of Turkish community life.

Xu Bo offers Turkey opportunities through our business partner Volunteers for International Partnership (VIP.)

Program Orientation

Your orientation program will cover basic information about customs, values and daily life in Turkey as well as tips about learning and living in a different culture. The participants will be informed about the different lifestyles, values, beliefs of people s/he will encounter during the volunteer community service. In addition, the Project orientation will be covered during visiting the Project site. Excursions during the orientation: There will be a guided tour in the parts of the old city known as Constantinople. Blue Mosque, Saint Sophia, Topkapi Palace, Grand Bazaar, Golden Horn and Spice Bazaar will be visited during these tours.

Turkish Language Course and Homestay

Basic Turkish language classes will be covered during your orientation to enable you to communicate with the locals. There is an optional intensive Turkish Language courses at EIL Turkey's office.

Throughout your program you will live with a Turkish host family. Host families are carefully selected, volunteer families. You will experience famous “Turkish hospitality” .

Other activities:

You will have opportunity to learn to prepare a Turkish dish and learn easy steps of belly dancing.

Volunteer Service

Following orientation program you will start your volunteer program. Some available volunteer projects: Working as assistant to teachers in orphanage, public education center, public school or kindergarten; social work for the elderly, handicapped (blinds, schizophrenics) or street kids; working for environmental NGO's; helping to the staff for cooking or distributing donations to whom in need; helping in public medical centers; community work in rural areas such as constructing playgrounds or working in a village primary school, agriculture and field work with villagers.

To Apply or Learn More

To learn more about volunteering in Turkey, please fill out the form below by filling in the provided fields, and then pressing the Send button. Please be sure to provide your correct email address - you will receive automatic confirmation email shortly and we will respond to your request as soon as possible.

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